Spaceways is a 76-minute, 1953, British

Great Britain

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-American, black and white, science fiction film

Science fiction film

Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...

 co-produced by Hammer Film Productions Ltd. and Lippert Productions Inc.. It was filmed entirely in England

England

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 by the Hammer company, with Michael Carreras

Michael Carreras

Michael Carreras was a British film producer and director. He was best known for his association with Hammer Studios, being the son of founder James Carreras, and taking an executive role in the company during its most successful years.As producer, he worked on The Curse of Frankenstein , Dracula ...

 as producer-of-record and American Robert L. Lippert

Robert L. Lippert

Robert L. Lippert was a prolific film producer and cinema owner who eventually owned a chain of 118 theatres -Biography:...

 as uncredited co-producer, from a screenplay by Paul Tabori and Richard Landau based on a radio play by Charles Eric Maine

Charles Eric Maine

Charles Eric Maine was an English science fiction writer whose most prominent works were published in the 1950s and 1960s...

. The film

Film

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 starred Howard Duff

Howard Duff

Howard Green Duff was an American actor of film, television, stage, and radio.Duff was born in Charleston, Washington, now a part of Bremerton. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle in 1932 where he began acting in school plays only after he was cut from the basketball team...

 and Eva Bartok

Eva Bartok

Eva Bartok , born Eva Ivanova Szöke, was an actress born in Budapest, Hungary. She began acting in films in 1950 and her last credited appearance was in 1966...

, with Alan Wheatley

Alan Wheatley

Alan Wheatley was a radio announcer who turned to stage and screen acting in the 1930s and was much seen in British films, being a television actor during the black and white era....

, directed by Terence Fisher

Terence Fisher

Terence Fisher was a film director who worked for Hammer Films. He was born in Maida Vale, a district of London, England.Fisher was one of the most prominent horror directors of the second half of the 20th century...

. It was distributed in the UK by Exclusive Films Ltd. and in the USA by Lippert Pictures Inc.  The film dealt with the first manned spaceflight (piloted co-ed by Duff and Bartok) against the backdrop of Duff's character's failing marriage, his wife's infidelity and murder (for which Duff is suspect), and his budding romance with Bartok, who plays a renowned mathematician working on the space project.

Some of the special effects shots of the rocket taking off were taken from Rocketship X-M

Rocketship X-M

Rocketship X-M was the second of the American science fiction feature films of the space adventure genre begun in the post-war era, in 1950...

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Cast

• Howard Duff
  Howard Duff
  Howard Green Duff was an American actor of film, television, stage, and radio.Duff was born in Charleston, Washington, now a part of Bremerton. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle in 1932 where he began acting in school plays only after he was cut from the basketball team...
  
  
• Eva Bartok
  Eva Bartok
  Eva Bartok , born Eva Ivanova Szöke, was an actress born in Budapest, Hungary. She began acting in films in 1950 and her last credited appearance was in 1966...
  
  
• Alan Wheatley
  Alan Wheatley
  Alan Wheatley was a radio announcer who turned to stage and screen acting in the 1930s and was much seen in British films, being a television actor during the black and white era....
  
  
• Philip Leaver
• Cecile Chevreau

Credits

• Directed by Terence Fisher
  Terence Fisher
  Terence Fisher was a film director who worked for Hammer Films. He was born in Maida Vale, a district of London, England.Fisher was one of the most prominent horror directors of the second half of the 20th century...
  
  
• Screenplay by Paul Tabori and Richard Landau, based on the radio play by Charles Eric Maine
• Produced by Michael Carreras
  Michael Carreras
  Michael Carreras was a British film producer and director. He was best known for his association with Hammer Studios, being the son of founder James Carreras, and taking an executive role in the company during its most successful years.As producer, he worked on The Curse of Frankenstein , Dracula ...